LCC Basketball Roundup

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Nov 7, 2013 at 12:01 AMNov 7, 2013 at 1:00 AM

Lancers win season opener in double overtime Wednesday.

LENOIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE 117, STILLWATER PREP 112 2 OT

Jeremy Smith, a 6-foot-5 freshman from James Kenan, scored a game-high 22 points as the Lancers rallied from a pair of deficits to defeat Stillwater Prep in the mens' season opener Wednesday --- double overtime style.

The teams tied at 85 at the end of regulation and were tied at 99 at the end of the first overtime.

Joshua Hill, a returning player from Kinston, tallied 21 points as LCC went 1-0 to start the year.

Stillwater was up by as many as 13 (60-47) with 11:25 remaining in regulation. Hill and Smith lit it up to bring the Lancers back after the pair combined for only four points and five rebounds in the first half.

Hill grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, while Smith finished with 7.

Three other Lancers had double figures: Antuawn Smith with 13 points, James Owen and Tawaiin Harper scored 11 points apiece.

LCC also had 29 turnovers.

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